Appendix 4
Inventory of Departmental Assessment Activities, 1993-94
Nationally Normed Tests| Accounting | MFAT, FACIT, all majors |
| Administrative Services | MFAT, BSBA; NTE, CBASE, BSED |
| Biology | MFAT, BS, BSED; NTE, BSED |
| Chemistry | MFAT, BS, BSED; NTE, BSED |
| Communication Disorders | NTE, only students seeking state certification |
| Economics | MFAT, recommended |
| Elementary & Special Education | NTE, CBASE |
| English | NTE, BSED; MFAT |
| Foreign Languages | NTE, BSED |
| Geosciecnces | NTE, BSED |
| History | NTE, Social Studies; MFAT, History |
| Human Environmental Studies | National Home Economics Test, recommended |
| Management | MFAT, all majors |
| Marketing | MFAT, all majors |
| Mathematics | MFAT, BS; NTE, BSED |
| Music | MFAT, all graduating seniors; NTE, BMED |
| Philosophy and Religion | GRE or LSAT, all graduating seniors |
| Physical Education | NTE, CBASE |
| Physics | MFAT, BS |
| Political Science | MFAT, recommended |
| Sociology & Anthronpology | MFAT |
| Secondary Education | NTE, CBASE |
| Social Work | Area Concentration Achievement Test (2nd Semester of Senior Year) |
| Speech Communication | NTE, BSED |
20 Departments require a nationally normed test of some or all of their graduating seniors. 3 departments recommend a nationally normed test to some or all of their graduating seniors (35 total departments). All graduates seeking a BSED, BMED, or BVHED must take the NTE. All graduates seeking a BSBA must take the MFAT.
Certification/Licensure Exams
| Accounting | CPA exam, accouting; Real Estate Brokerage, Finance |
| Chemistry | National Registry Exam, Medical Technology |
| Communication Disorders | National Examination of Speech Pathology, gradaute students only |
| Health & Leisure | NCTRC, therapeutic recreaction; NAAT, athletic trainers, American College of Sports Medicince Exercise Test Technologist, Cooper Institute Certification, health promotion; IDEA, dance exercise, Certified Leisure Professional |
| Human Environmental Studies | NCIDQ, interior design majors |
| Nursing | NCLEX, BSN, & AA |
Local Objective Tests
| Agriculture | All graduating seniors |
| Health & Leisure | Pre and Post Exam for all majors |
| Psychology | Administered for first time in Fall 93, discontinued MFAT as of Spring 94 |
| Criminal Justice | Strongly encouraged |
Performance Based Assessments
Active or Partially Implemented:
| Art | Juried Portfolio and Show |
| Foreign Language | Exit Portfolio |
| History | Juried senior seminar research project, History; historic preservation, portfolio planned |
| Industrial Technology | Capstone course senior project |
| Mass Communications | External review of capstone experience projects |
| Music | Juried evaluation of musical performance, piano proficiency evaluation, senior recitals and exit performance; portfolio planned |
| Speech Communication and Theatre | Review of speaking skills, speech; juried review of play direction. |
| English | Writing students, portfolio |
| Philosophy and Religion | Senior paper |
| Psychology | Portfolio |
| Secondary Education | Portfolio |
Exit Interviews or Surveys
| Criminal Justice | Survey |
| Foreign Language | Interview |
| Harrison College of Business | Recent graduate survey, every term, all departments |
| Mass Communications | Interview |
| Psychology | Interview |
| Social Work | Survey |
Internship Evaluations
| Agriculture | |
| Administrative Services | Office Systems Managemnet, business and faculty evaluators |
| Health & Leisure | Internship Employee Assessment & Research Project for all majors in internships |
| History | All Historic Preservation majors |
| Mass Communications | Selected students only |
| Political Science | Exit interview with supervisor, 30-40% of all students |
| Elementary and Special Education | Block I Exit Interviews |
| Secondary Education | Block I, II, III, & IV exit evaluations |
| Social Work | Senior level internships |
Job Placement Rates
Active or Partially Implemented:
Agriculture
Communication Disorders
Industrial Technology
Nursing
Social Work
Planned:
Foreign Language
4 departments formally maintain job placement rates. One department plans to do so.
Graduate/Medical/Law School Acceptance Rates
Active or Partially Implemented:
| Philosophy | Graduate school and law school |
| Biology | Medical school |
| Chemistry | Medical technolgy programs |
| Economics | Graduate School |
Foreign Language
4 departments formally maintain graduate/medical/law school acceptance rates. One department plans to do so.
Alumni Follow-Up
| Accounting | Survey, 1992-93 |
| Chemistry | Newsletter |
| College of Education | Beginning Teacher Newsletter |
| Elementary & Special Education | Newsletter |
| English | Periodic Survey |
| Geosciences | Newsletter |
| Harrison College of Business | All alumni, every five years, all departments\Newsletter |
| Health & Leisure | Newsletter |
| History | Occasionally with newsletter |
| Mass Comunications | Every 4 to 5 semesters, 40% return rate |
| Music | Satisfaction questionnaire, planned |
| Nursing | Survey, 93-94; phone contact |
| Physical Education | Newsletter |
| Psychology | Fall 1993 |
| Social Work | Roughly every two years |
Other
| Agriculture | Employer/Faculty/Alumni Advisory Committee |
| Educational Administration & Counseling | Post-masters and EDS students take the Missouri Admnistrators Assessment |
| Human Environmental Studies | Instructor and nursery school teacher evaluations, child development |
| Industrial Technolgy | Departmental Advisory Committee includes employers of graduates |
| Political Science | Pre and post tests in comparative political systems and US political systems |